Twelve Angry Men: Juror 8 and Juror 3

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clouds some of the juror's judgments, namely Juror 3 and Juror 10. This helps let some jurors see that those 2 jurors aren't exactly right in what they said. When Juror 3 threatens to kill him, he replies "You don't really mean you'll kill me?" raising questions about Juror 3's temper and not meaning what he says. This later on helps the other jurors when they stand up against the two bullies and isolate them. Juror 8 was objective, which was extremely effective in questioning other people's motives and their views and helped bring out an efficient jury in this case.
Juror 3 was an important juror who greatly contributed yet remained one-sided all the way through the jury meeting till the end. He was a bully who pushed the quieter jurors around and in the end; his behaviour isolated him from the other jurors. He let personal bias cloud his thinking and personalized against age, both young and old. It can be clearly seen in "It's these kids the way they are now," showing great ...

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